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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

research notes, quotable quotes and other things that float my boat...

studying

especially for a research higher degree

means you accumulate piles and piles of notes

or at least that's what happened with me....

these are SOME (not all...) of my wire bound notebooks

with handwritten research notes for my MFA project

mostly they contain whole swathes of quoted text

from books/ articles that related in some way to what I was working on(or things that I found really interesting ... )

there are bits on the history of books and bookmaking, encyclopaedias and libraries

there are lots of references to biblioclasm, the future of books and knowledgethere are the obligatory notes about artists, art theory and art making

then there's john dewey and pragmatic philosophy and bits on permaculture, bioregionalism, systems design, transition culture...

lots and lots (and lots and LOTS) of careful noteson things I thought were worth noting! (with page numbers so I could accurately acknowledge sources)

to keep track of all the sources from my notebooks I had a small index box...

with little cards devoted to each and every book read during my research project (with all the publishers details - again an essential part of accurately acknowledging sources)

yes I knew many of my university mates were already using software programs like EndNote to keep track of sourcesbut there was something so comforting about my handwritten notes and index box of cards they never crashed or failed to load.... and didn't require a device or power source to read...

so comforting

It seems I have a habit of accumulating piles and piles of notes

I have boxes of things from my BA and Grad Dip Ed study period(which I can't seem to find right this minute.... hmmmmm)

and before that...

these are SOME of my folders of notes from my years of calligraphy training

(oh boy! there are soooooo many folders from private study, formal study, workshops, and of course that Diploma course from a lifetime ago)

oooo what treasures there are inside the covers...

this is a worksheet from the Roehampton Institute calligraphy course that I undertook (by distance of course) waaaay back in the early 1990smmmm mmmm mmm quality notes never lose their value

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